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The Widow and the Orcs by Finley Fenn
He’ll do anything for his wounded warrior… even wooing him a widow.In a world of orcs and men, Lady Scall is a widow besieged — by her debts, her demons, and her dangerous lord neighbour. But time is running out, and she’s about to lose everything…Until the night an orc shows up in her chambers.Killik is a cold, cruel, condescending spy, and he wants nothing to do with Lady Scall… for himself... -
Beauty's Beasts by Alex Hanson
I am not a woman.But I am also not a man.I won't pretend to be something I’m not, but those around me—both friends and enemies alike—are determined to make me. My village is adamant I marry the pastor's son, dress like a proper lady, and go only by the name given to me at birth...Categorized as:
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Shadow's Savior by Cassie Cole
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlyssa's Quintelaide stands disgraced.After a violent confrontation forces them to flee the capitol, Alyssa and her Quintmates struggle to cope with the fallout. Warrior Jaxon focuses on their path forward, while Frost Mage Arthur contemplates their place in history. Alyssa doesn’t know how to feel about her decision to disobey the Archon, and whether to blame herself for the events that followed... -
A Dream of Flame and Shadow by Eliza Eveland
A blacksmith unable to forge a future. Every time Nevahn closes his eyes, he is haunted by nightmares of fire and blood. Though he’ll take any distraction he can find, his favorite is his daily work at the forge, where he is the master of fire. But he’s been an apprentice too long, and his nightmares are holding him back... -
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Upended Life by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMy name is Tamsin Vale and my life is about to get real… Really complicated and ridiculously dangerous. Which is almost funny given at nineteen I already know too much of the darkness of the world and people, the secrets they keep. Or so I thought. Turns out those quirky abilities I’ve been keeping secret expose me to a world I didn’t know existed... -
Performer by Lexie Winston
Hi, my name is Lila, and I'm an alien. I have two husbands and two fiancés. I also won two more mates in a kickass battle for supremacy, and I may have been seduced and had a crazy, sexy swim with a merman when he sang to me. Oh, and did I mention I have just hatched three beautiful but slippery kraken babies?And that was just in the first month with the Galaxy Circus...Categorized as:
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Dragon Fight by Sam Hall
I escaped the terrible queen’s clutches so I should be safe, right? Apparently the fates didn’t get the message because while I’m on my honeymoon someone tries to kill me. Twice. And right in the middle of it is him. Crown Prince Draven...Categorized as:
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Beautiful Beast by Devyn Sinclair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsStanding in front of a dragon means dying by fire, but the heart knows there’s more than one way to burn.Humans and dragons are at war, and I am a pawn in the battle.Princess of a dying land, my life is not my own, and a marriage to a vicious, dragon-hunting prince will save my people from deadly famine or death by fire...Categorized as:
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Destruction's Desire by Melody Joanne
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRemember when seeing ghosts was my biggest problem? I miss those days. Now, I’m magically bonded (shackled) to a creature of unlimited destructive power. He insists we are destined for each other and that I will belong to him. If that wasn’t enough, I’ve been kidnapped by another destructive creature – the one I’m supposed to help kill. Awkward, I know... -
Bonded by Death by Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane
I’m torn between three men that I swore I wouldn’t get involved with. I know it’s wrong, but part of me loves it. Craves it.Everyone thinks I’m the good girl, but what they don’t see is that my carefully crafted persona is crumbling around me.My ex taught me that love isn’t sweet, patient, or kind. It’s cruel and it hurts... -
Maiden Mayhem by Chloe Gunter
Tails and Scales? Claws to crave?Fantastic fangs?You name it, we’ve matched it.You’d think running a matchmaking agency with my sisters would be easy, especially since we’re the Fates.But the truth is, I’ve been keeping a big secret, one that has the potential to destroy the business and myself... -
Demon Reform Academy: Term 2 by Lyra Winters
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the shadowed corridors of Demon Reform Academy, a sinister presence slithers within the veins of its victims, promising a darkness more violent than any demonic power.For the last three months, I survived the desert campus filled with vicious demons while being haunted by the scars of my past...Categorized as:
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The Bet: Daegan, Gideon and Anwyn Vignette by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn Bound by the Vampire Queen, Gideon won a bet with his Master. We get to see Daegan fulfill the terms... -
Charming Her Monsters by Yve Vale
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 2 in the Bewitching Monsters Series! The big, bad monsters under the bed have come out to play. When the hot guys from the bar reveal their hidden monsters, I’m stunned and intrigued.Now I know the supernatural world from my paranormal romance novels is real, I naturally make a list of things to experience… For research.Yet, it’s finding out I’m a witch that rattles my grasp on reality... -
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Death of Gods by Scarlett Dawn, Katherine Rhodes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCruel. Criminal. Cunning. The bestselling VAMPIRE CROWN series continues with Death of Gods. Twisted characters and unfolding schemes fill this next installment with unbeatable darkness. Life is war. The Spine’s broken on S’Kir and there’ll be no reunification of the Druids and Vampires... -
Veiled Flame: A Paranormal Shifter Demon Academy Romance by Cassandra Featherstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne letter.That was all it took to change the course of my life forever.Typing too quickly in the application program cost me my dreams of finally being accepted for who I am and now I'm stuck here.Discordia University's acceptance made everything I knew go up in a puff of sulfur.Demons are real and they just admitted me into their elite boys' school... -
Fated In Blood: Nocturne Vampire Clan: 1 by L.A. McGinnis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve always known vampires were the enemy.For years, I’ve hidden in the shadows, hoping they forget I exist. Then the bloodsuckers did the unthinkable—they stole my sister. When my rescue mission goes terribly wrong, I'm forced to make an impossible choice.Perish, or become one of the immortal creatures I despise...Categorized as:
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Power of Draken: A Fated Mate Fae Romantasy by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe next generation of the bestselling Power of Five must find their fated mate—and Kai’s just happens to be human... and his sworn enemy.ROWANI’m an alchemist, not a soldier. But when your mother is an ambitious war hero and your rare magic is the key to defending the kingdom from draken-riding fae, you don’t get a choice... -
House of Fae and Mist: Brides Selection by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have no intention of being anyone’s bride, let alone fighting tooth and nail to get there.All the vicious catfights in the school nauseate me. I have bigger things to worry about, like being hunted by my father, who’s getting closer every day.Yet no one leaves me alone. The princes believe I’m playing hard to get, so they pursue me fiercely... -
Summoner 5 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith the mystery of the monsters and the Shadowscape growing deeper every day, Gryff and his friends have been split up by Headmaster Sleet and sent to the far corners of the world with one mission: find some ancient ciphers that could end this war once and for all... -
A Storm of Glass and Stars by Marion Blackwood
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat could you learn to live without? Your heart? Your mind? Your soul?Having lost her purpose in life, the Oncoming Storm leaves behind everything and everyone she has ever known, and takes off across the continent. But there is one thing from which she can’t run. Trouble. When Shade and Elaran track her down, she manages to get them all captured by the star elves...Categorized as:
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Mage's Mercy by Cassie Cole
Alyssa’s finally getting the hang of being an elite Dragon Pyromancer. So why did the Archon have to go and foul it up?After their victory at the Academy, the Ninety-First Quintelaide returns home as heroes. Alyssa’s name is on everyone’s lips: the girl who killed a Silithik Queen... -
Whispers Beneath the Deep by Aleera Anaya Ceres
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaisie never expected to care about the most notorious criminal of Thalassar. But with the Black Blade on the brink of death, she must decide if she’s going to assume her role as princess and watch him die… or risk everything to save his life.With danger lurking around every corner, no decision comes easily... -
Ranger's Risk by Cassie Cole
A young Pyromancer teams up with five sexy soldiers in this action-packed Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance. Alyssa’s Quintelaide is getting another chance to test the Tinker superweapon.And this time it’s against a real Silithik hive... -
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Dark Arts by Fiona Starr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThree wolf shifters tormented by a deadly secret. Two worlds torn by a twisted legacy. One girl determined to choose her own fate.They say being called to the world's oldest magic organization is the pinnacle of achievement for a witch. The lottery is done in secret. The names appear by magic. Membership in this exclusive club is like receiving a golden ticket... -
Feral King by Sara Fields
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe dragon king told me to stay away from him. I didn't listen.When the king of this realm saw me bathing in a stream, he did his best to warn me. Keep my distance or the curse upon him would set his blood on fire and he would ravage me brutally.I didn't, and he did.But he did more than just pin me to the forest floor and mount me like a feral beast... -
House of Agni by Crea Reitan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeware the fire for it burns. It’s time to find my home. My family. In a world where strength is hunted and those unlike the rest are sentenced to death, my kind are better off in groups. Fire is not something to dabble in and when given the right fuel, it can destroy anything. Thus, we are public enemy number one in the world of supernaturals... -
Dragon's Blood by S. Legend
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Thrilling Conclusion to the Tristan Trilogy Tristan's got it made. He fights alongside his beloved, he has two men who dote on him faithfully, and the stars have promised him he's to do great things for his Elven people... -
Retaliation by S.D. Paine
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFor nearly a decade, Seraphina Valdis has plotted and planned, stalked and killed. After her mother and elder sister were murdered, her father and younger sister left Seraphina behind. Alone and confused, revenge became her entire world... -
Found In Destruction by M. Bonnet
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world hangs by a thread. Everything we know and rely on could be destroyed in the blink of an eye, and everyone thinks I can save it... -
Shards of Desire by R.L. Caulder
A princess by birth right. A warrior in spirit. A bargaining chip for my kingdom that marks me for death. Everything I dared dream of for my life is scorched to ash when I’m forced to marry our enemy. A dragon king with an endless amount of rumors that all hold one thing in his brutality... -
Star on the Rise by Sam Hall
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI've been beaten down, coerced, tricked and torn apart by them.Now I rise... -
A Game of Veils by Eva Chase
Play for a husband. Don't fall for his enemies...As the second-born princess of a kingdom conquered by a brutal empire, I'm nothing but a pawn. Little do I expect my parents to arrange my marriage to the most powerful bachelor of the son of the emperor himself...Categorized as:
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Maiming by A.K. Koonce
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNothing perfect ever lasts. For the first time in my entire life, I've found a community that accepts me. The village of dragon shifters knows what it's like to be different. These men care about me. And I care about them. I might even love them. Among all that perfection, terror creeps in. It haunts this place during the night... -
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Court of Dragons and Ashes by G. Bailey
More information is coming soon to avoid spoilers. This is a full-length enemies to lovers fantasy romance with dragon shifters, a badass heroine and possessive alpha males. Perfect for fans of spicy fantasy whychoose? romance. This book three...Categorized as:
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Tangled Warriors by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLucien CummingsThe pestilents are trying to kill him.He’s pretty sure the Water Weaver wants to kill him as well.But after two months of fighting an attraction for a man who couldn’t possibly be his mate, Lucien cracks when he’s pulled into an impulsive threesome with Calder and a sexy man they picked up in a bar.That night was earth shattering... -
The Bauchan by J.B. Trepagnier
Apparently, I’m not a dragon. What I am is indestructible, capable of healing mortal wounds, and Alastair can never hurt me again. From what I’m understanding, he can’t even use his old tricks if he could manage to force them down my throat. I don’t know where he is, but I’m coming for him. He killed me and hurt Oisin.I’m home in the Unseelie Court...Categorized as:
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Fighting Monsters Part 1 by Sam Hall
An alternative cover & title edition for this ASIN can be found here.What would you do if dark figures slid into your dreams every night? Creatures that know your every desire and strive to fulfil every single one of them... -
Arrested By Magic by Avery Song
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHomeless at the age of twelve. Misfit among my peers at sixteen. Unemployed by eighteen. I have bad luck, but never thought I'd be in handcuffs by the golden age of twenty. Some would blame the universe for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I know better. So does the Alpha wolf hidden inside me... -
Séance by Stacey Brutger
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBook one in the Spirit Realm Duet... I see dead people.While it might sound cool, I can assure you, it’s not. The dead are even bigger assholes than the living.I learned at a young age to be invisible. Even breathing wrong could set my father off. The beatings have become progressively worse as I’ve gotten older, and I fear I won’t survive to see my eighteenth birthday... -
A Pact of Blood by Eva Chase
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe trials are over. The game has only just begun...I came to Dariu to win a husband—and an empire. I wasn't prepared for that husband to be so set in his brutal ways, for his people to see our marriage as a bad omen... or for my heart to be aching for three princes I can't have.I can't afford to let any of those problems stop me... -
Moon Kissed by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was the chosen one.Born with the rarest power. The fated mate of the most powerful, strongest, and handsome men in our pack.I was going to change the world, and bring the Wolf Nation to great heights.Until I murdered my mate during the bonding ceremony and took off.I know what you’re thinking.He must have treated me terribly.Nope. You couldn’t have met a sweeter guy... -
Dark Gods by River Ramsey
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAt the Academy of the Gods, winner takes all and the games are about to begin. The name’s Kore, daughter of Demeter, crown goddess of spring, but you can call me Kory. Along with my invitation to attend the elite Olympus Academy where all the top deities send their brats for training, comes the news that I’m betrothed to Hades, tall, dark and brooding god of the underworld...Categorized as:
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Beauty's Beasts by Amy Pennza
As a rare female werewolf, I’ve always known I wouldn’t get to choose my husband. But when I overhear my fiancé saying he can’t stomach the thought of sleeping with me, I know I can’t go through with the wedding. So I run to the Free Zone, where I stumble straight into the arms of Levi and Cade. They’re lone wolves—and two of the hottest males I’ve ever seen... -
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Blood of the Mage by D.D. Chance
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt the academy, everyone's playing a little dirty... Up until a few weeks ago, the only dirt I dished at the Twyst Academy of Magecraft came from scrubbing its floors. Now I’ve learned that deep within these hallowed halls, sinister secrets hide everywhere... -
Shake the Earth by Elizabeth Briggs
The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of four sexy dragon shifters and the woman they’re sworn to serve…It's time for me to embrace my destiny as the next Black Dragon, the one who can control all five elements and bring balance to the realms.I've bonded with two of my mates, Jasin and Auric, and now we continue our journey so I can become intimate with Slade and Reven...Categorized as:
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Ares Is Mine by Mila Young
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWith four gods in her life, and Ares playing a bigger role than Elyse ever anticipated, things are beyond complicated. The darkness is growing and becoming unstoppable, so time is running out. She has to find a way to save more innocents from dying while juggling the struggle of dealing with four strong-willed men who insist she’s theirs. Ares is Mine is book 3 in the Gods and Monsters series... -
The Witch's Consorts: The Complete Series by Eva Chase
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEvery witch knows the rules: Stick to your own kind. Never reveal your powers to outsiders. Take a consort from the witching families or kiss your magic good-bye forever.For years I've been quiet, obedient Rose Hallowell. I accepted the man my stepmother chose for me... -
Ruling Darkness: A Supernatural Academy Paranormal Romance by Laney Powell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen evil demons need something, blood is thicker than water. I thought getting Xavier back was the solution to all of our problems, but it turns out that the demon from Hell, Rafael, has other plans. Oh yeah, and Rafael? He’s claiming to be my father. Which explains some things—like how he’s able to torment me in my dreams... -
Sylfic by Kenna Bardot, Tove Madigan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tides have turned.After years of waiting for my time to come, of waiting for the rest of my males to Ascend, the Head of Sylfeshire House finally deems me ready for presentation to the Gods.There’s just one problem. They aren’t the only ones who want to claim me for themselves. And this time, they’ll have to compete.For me...
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